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The China Syndrome
(1981) [PG]
Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas star in The China Syndrome, a powerful cautionary thriller about the dangers of nuclear energy and the power of television news. In 1979, this was the movie everyone was talking about, thanks to the enormous publicity generated by the real life Three... More
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Grosse Pointe Blank
(1997) [M]
GROSSE POINTE BLANK is the witty, dark comedy starring John Cusack (Con Air; The Grifters) that's being hailed by both critics and audiences for its outlandish plot and irreverent humour! Unlike his High School friends who became respected professionals, Martin Blank (Cusack) found a lucrative... More
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The Chain Reaction
(1980) [M]
A fast drive to Paradise turns into a nightmare! For mechanic Larry Stilson (Steve Bisley) and his wife Carmel (Arna-Maria Winchester), a weekend in paradise turns into their most horrifying nightmare. At their retreat in an isolated mountain valley, they are confronted by Heinrich (Ross... More
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Freeway
(1996) [R]
Little Red Riding Hood for the 1990's: After her mom and step-dad are arrested, 15-year-old Vanessa Lutz decides that instead of once again being put into a foster home, she'd rather go and search for the grandmother she's never met, and live with her. On the way to grandma's house, (actually a... More
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The Birds
(1963) [PG]
Nothing equals "The Birds" for sheer terror when Alfred Hitchcock unleashes his fowl friends in one of his most shocking and memorable masterpieces. As beautiful blonde melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), she is... More
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Gattaca
(1997) [M]
Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong in life. Ethan Hawke's character was born with a congenital heart condition which would cast him out of getting a chance to travel in space. So in turn he assumes the... More
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L.A. Confidential
(1997) [MA]
L.A. Confidential is "tough, gorgeous and vastly entertaining", "a genuine masterpiece that will knock your socks off" and won the 1997 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Director Curtis Hanson and a terrific cast serve up a "ravishing, thrilling tale of... More
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Rope
(1948) [PG]
James Stewart stars with Farley Granger and John Dall in a highly-charged thriller inspired by the real-life Leopold-Loeb murder case. Granger and Dall give riveting performances as two friends who strangle a classmate for intellectual thrills, then proceed to throw a party for the victim's... More
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Missing
(1982) [M]
This political thriller has its origins in an actual event – the disappearance of a young American writer and filmmaker, Charles Horman (John Shea), during a South American military coup. Jack Lemmon stars as Charles’ father, Ed Horman, a prominent New York businessman, who comes to the aid... More
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Les Diaboliques
(1955) [M]
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques is a brilliant suspense film that set a standard rarely reached by contemporary movies. A blueprint for Psycho among many others, it has many imitators but few peers. Both frightening and intoxicating in equal measure this film stands the test of time and... More
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Kiss Or Kill
(1997) [MA]
A con artist and his girlfriend make their money by stealing from drunks in hotel rooms. When their latest victim dies they take his suitcase and head for the road. More
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Face/Off
(1997) [MA]
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta battle head to head in Face/Off, the ultimate cat and mouse thriller directed by the world's most acclaimed action film director, John Woo. To avenge the senseless murder of his son, FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) undergoes a radical new surgery allowing him to... More
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Smilla's Feeling For Snow (Smilla's Sense Of Snow)
(1997) [M]
A refreshingly different thriller based on the international bestseller by Peter Hoeg. Julia Ormond, star of 'Sabrina' and 'Legends Of The Fall', and Gabriel Byrne, from 'The Usual Suspects', join forces to solve a highly unusual and eerie puzzle... A young boy's mysterious death takes reclusive... More
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Albino Alligator
(1996) [MA]
Three petty thieves who the police believe to be major criminals are chased into a basement bar where they take five hostages including all the bar employees. The rest of the movie deals with the cops lurking outside the bar while the trio try to get control of the situation inside. More
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The Eiger Sanction
(1975) [M]
Spy adventure story about a crack professional assassin who is lured out of retirement to deal with a killer on the north face of the Eiger Mountain. Based on the novel 'Trevanian'. More
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Finally Sunday
(1983) [PG]
This Hitchcock-style thriller studies an estate agent who becomes the prime suspect when his wife and his friend are found murdered. French dialogue with English subtitles. More
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The Game
(1997) [M]
Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a shrewdly successful businessman who is accustomed to being in control of each facet of his investments and relationships. His well-ordered life undergoes a profound change, however, when his brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gives him an unexpected birthday gift... More
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Fallen Angels
(1995)
This delirious fast-action thriller from director of Chungking Express and Happy Together follows intertwined stories of love, double-cross and betrayal across the neon-soaked nights of Hong Kong. Killer is a disillusioned hit man, adored secretly by his beautiful female contact. Ho has a unique... More
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The Fifth Element: Collector's Edition (2 Disc Set)
(1997) [PG]
New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to become a hero, he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: a perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now, together they must save the world. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Mila Jovovich star in... More
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Money Movers
(1979) [R]
The counting house at Darcey's Security Services is a fortress. Security is intense and any would-be-robbers have little hope, unless they get "inside" help. Money Movers is a fast-moving, ultra-violent telling of Australia's biggest and bloodiest armed robbery, the theft of $20 million from a... More
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The Apartment (L'Appartement)
(1995)
Max is planning a marriage, investigating a murder, chasing a lost love, and getting bizarrely hooked up with a mystery girl. Fusing atmospheric street scenes, a beautiful Parisian appartment, and chic cafes with unpredictable plot twists and pungent symbolism, 'L'Appartement' glides through... More
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Lost Highway
(1997) [R]
After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life. More
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Stephen King's The Shining (2 Disc Set)
(1997) [M]
Jack Torrance and his family move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away from it all. Away from the alcoholism that derails Jack's writing career. Away from the violent outbursts that mar Jack's past. But Jack's young son Danny knows better. He possesses a psychic gift called The... More
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Donnie Darko (Director's Cut)
(2001) [M]
In writer/director Richard Kelly's extraordinary debut movie, it's October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions which he alone knows the meaning of. With his... More
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Marathon Man
(1976) [M]
Oscar® winner Dustin Hoffman plays a likeable graduate student and marathon runner who unwittingly is trapped in a killing game of intrigue involving Nazi fugitive Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier). Laurence Olivier received an Academy Award® nomination for his chilling portrayal of the... More
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Bound
(1996) [R]
There's $2 million dollars in a suitcase on a desk in an apartment in Chicago. Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) launders money for the Mob. Violet (Jennifer Tilly) is his alluring Mafia Moll. Corky (Gina Gershon) is an ex-con who just got out of the joint. What's the last thing that could come between a... More
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Topaz
(1969) [PG]
The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, brought a best-selling spy novel to the screen with riveting results in this spellbinding espionage thriller. John Forsythe stars as an American CIA agent who hires a French operative named Devereaux (Freddrick Stafford) to go to Cuba and check out rumors... More
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Scream (2 disc set)
(1996) [MA]
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has a lot on her plate. It's hard enough to be a teenager coming of age in today's world, let alone have a boyfriend (Skeet Ulrich) with raging hormones, a father whose life is one business trip after another - and still feel healthy when your mother was brutally... More
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Evil Dead
(1982) [R]
The Evil Dead, director Sam Raimi's (Spiderman, Darkman, A Simple Plan) first feature film, is a true classic in every sense of the word. Originally released in 1982, The Evil Dead tells the tale of a group of friends who go to a cabin in the woods where they find an unspeakable evil lurking in... More
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